St. Basil's Cathedral

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Russian Orthodox church cathedral cultural heritage monument tourist attraction

St. Basil's Cathedral is a 16th-century Russian Orthodox church in Moscow’s Red Square, famed for its vividly colored onion domes and iconic, fairy-tale-like architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Basil's Cathedral 3
Saint Basil’s Cathedral 2
St. Basil's Cathedral canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian Orthodox church ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
cultural heritage monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed

Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat ⓘ
architecturalStyle Russian Revival influence ⓘ
Russian architecture ⓘ
Russian tented roof architecture ⓘ
commissionedBy Ivan IV the Terrible ⓘ
surface form: Ivan IV of Russia

Ivan IV the Terrible ⓘ
surface form: Ivan the Terrible
constructionEndDate 1561 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1555 ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
culturalStatus iconic landmark of Russian architecture ⓘ
currentFunction museum and place of worship ⓘ
dedicatedTo The Intercession of the Theotokos on the Moat ⓘ
denomination Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
domeShape onion dome ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
façadeColorScheme multicolored ⓘ
governingBody State Historical Museum, Moscow ⓘ
surface form: State Historical Museum (Russia)
hasPart Annunciation Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: central church of the Intercession

eight side chapels ⓘ
height about 47.5 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
locatedIn Moscow ⓘ
Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
surface form: Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site

Red Square ⓘ
locatedNear Towers of the Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
surface form: Kremlin Wall

Spasskaya Tower ⓘ
locatedOn southeastern end of Red Square ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
namedAfter Vasily (Basil) the Blessed ⓘ
notableFeature asymmetrical composition of chapels ⓘ
brick construction ⓘ
central tented tower ⓘ
vividly colored onion domes ⓘ
numberOfDomes 9 ⓘ
originalFunction parish church ⓘ
protectionStatus federal cultural heritage monument of Russia ⓘ
purpose commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
roofType tented roof ⓘ
significance symbol of Moscow ⓘ
symbol of Russia ⓘ
worldHeritageSiteSince 1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood → styleInspiredBy → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
Red Square → adjacentTo → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Basil’s Cathedral
Lenin Mausoleum → nearby → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Basil’s Cathedral
Church on Spilled Blood → inspiredBy → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Basil's Cathedral
The Intercession of the Theotokos on the Moat → alsoKnownAs → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Basil’s Cathedral
Vasily (Basil) the Blessed → associatedWith → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
State Historical Museum, Moscow → hasBranch → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Basil's Cathedral museum complex
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ → inspiredBy → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Basil's Cathedral
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat → alsoKnownAs → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Basil's Cathedral
Moscow city center → contains → St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Basil’s Cathedral